Huns

The Huns were a nomadic people from Central Asia, descended from the Xiongnu of China and other Mongolic tribes. They migrated to the Caspian Sea in 91 with the Alans and then migrated to the Caucasus in 150, estabishing a vast dominion in Europe in 370 AD. The warlike Huns, known for their skills on horseback, drove several tribes west in the "Barbarian Invasions", forcing tribes like the Goths, Vandals, Roxolani, Angles, Saxons, Lombards, Suebi, Frisii, and Sarmatians to invade the Roman Empire in order to escape the wrath of the Huns. Perhaps the most famous leader of the tribe was the "Scourge of God" Attila the Hun, who ravaged Eastern Europe and threatened to attack Rome had it not been for the intervention of Pope Leo III. The empire broke up in 454 on Attila's death, with the Battle of Nedao resulting in a Germanic alliance destroying the Huns and Alans.